Purple Noon (, , aka
Full Sun,
Blazing Sun,
Lust for Evil and
Talented Mr. Ripley) is a 1960 film directed by
René Clément, based on the 1955 novel
The Talented Mr. Ripley by
Patricia Highsmith. The film stars
Alain Delon in his first major film, along with
Maurice Ronet (as Philippe Greenleaf) and
Marie Laforêt (as Marge);
Romy Schneider appears briefly in an uncredited role as Freddie Miles' companion, and Billy Kearns (an expatriate American actor well liked in France) plays Greenleaf's friend Freddy Miles. The film, principally in French, contains brief sequences in Italian.